HARRY Potter author JK Rowling has unveiled a loathsome raft of threatening anti-English tweets from Scottish nationalists calling for everything from an England flu-epidemic to the murder of the royal family.

The multi-millionaire writer, who was an outspoken unionist, blasted a group of "anglophobic" online trolls amid Nicola Sturgeon's plans to hold a new independence referendum.

The Harry Potter author, who supported the Better Together campaign in 2014 but was viciously attacked by independence supporters, has been capturing a torrid of abusive messages posted online since the SNP's decision to hold another vote.

Ms Rowling, who is from Yate, Gloucestershire, has lived in Edinburgh since 1995.

She has highlighted clearly racist and threatening messages from more than 20 people who regularly take to their twitter and other social media accounts to mob individuals with menacing messages.

One tweet captured by the author states: "F*** you old (English) people. I hope it's a harsh winter & the NHS you've screwed runs out of flu jab." (sic)

While another one which copied the Scottish National Party into the tweet said: "You're a bullying little Englander you will be no loss to man or beast." (sic)

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Another one says: "So a bastard English son of an English w**** should be involved in Scottish affairs." (sic)

While another twitter post which references a BBC journalist said: "Oh dear Nick Robinson will never work in Scotland again after coming out with such bile. He better leave b4 for his own sake."

Another said: "Unionists today have shown themselves for what they are. Scum. Warmongers. Tick tock. Your time is up."

While another said: "You can almost feel the grip of the forelock-tugging Unionist elderly around their grandchildren's throats weakening by the day. Tick tock."

In another tweet sent by the same widely known user in July 2012, he wrote: "Is it okay to say I just re-entered f****** English c*** land?"

And another truly sickening post said: "I'd like to thank The Queen for making me believe in post-natal abortions for royals."

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Another said: "The majority of conservative supporters are deviant of one kind or another, a mix of kiddy fiddlers and blackmailers."

The Crown Prosecution service in England and Wales has updated its laws on social media harassment.

And while all of the communications captured by Ms Rowling appear to be in support of Scottish nationalism it is known that at least one member of this group is domiciled in England and regularly posts hateful abuse and encourages others to do so.

The Director of Public prosecution said: "Social media can be used to educate, entertain and enlighten but there are also people who use it to bully, intimidate and harass.

"Ignorance is not a defence and perceived anonymity is not an escape. Those who commit these acts, or encourage others to do the same, can and will be prosecuted."

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In a series of posts Ms Rowling wrote: "So Scottish nationalism isn't like other nationalisms, except when it is, but that doesn't count.

"We're told all the time that Scottish nationalism has left anglophobia behind. No trace remains.

"Since Brexit, we are told, no voters must be nostalgic for the good natured spirit of indyref.

"The consensus is that, unlike other nationalisms, there is no dark underbelly to the Scottish kind."

The collection of tweets come after an individual yesterday threatened Scottish Secretary of State David Mundell.

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A Facebook user by the name of Jack Gray who appears to support the Yes campaign issued the following message on his Facebook page along with a picture of the politician.

He wrote: "The most utterly hated piece of Tory s****, and we've had our f******* fill of this scumbag. Kick him under a train, preferably under a Class 334 as the wheels are good for a slicing."

Last week Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said he will announce a series of new measures to prevent mass mobbing of individuals on his website.

He said: “Everyone on Twitter should feel safe expressing diverse opinions and beliefs and targeted behaviour that harasses or threatens others to silence another person’s voice is unacceptable to us and a violation of our policies.

“For the past few months our team has been working hard to build the most important safety features and updating our safety policies to give people more control over their Twitter experience. Next month, we will be sharing meaningful updates to our safety policy, our product, and enforcement strategy.”